Improvement in apparatus for pressing and ironing hats



. of the collar in perspective.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE A. EOBIsON, VOE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING AND IRONING HATS./

Specification forming-*part of Letters Patent No. 35,954, dated July 22, 1862.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, HORACE A. BoEIsoN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Machine for Ironing or Pressing Hats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which;

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation through the center. Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation through the center. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation through the center, with the collar which supports the hat-block inclined. Fig. 4 is a sectional front elevation through the center, with the collar which supports the hatblock inclined, thereby bringing the back part Fig. 5 is a top view ofthe disk, which will he explained hereinafter.

A in Fig. 1 is the vertical front of a tapering lnortise. i

` Al in Fig. 1 is the inclined back of the mortise with its top inclined toward the vertical front A, which produces a tapering mortise with its base wider than the top.

B is a tapering or wedge-like tenon, with a vertical front and inclined back reversed to the inclined back A'l of the inortise., The bottom of tenon B is V-shaped.

C is a lateral projection iu the bottoni of the mortise, with the front inclined to correspond with the back part of the V-shaped bottoni of tenon B, which causes the tenon B to be pressed against the front A of the mortise, thereby holding the collar iirmly in a horizontal position. Y

D in Fig. l is a disk with V-shaped notches,

(shown by the dotted lines; also shown in Fig.

E is a ring screwed to the under side of the wooden part of the collar F, with V-shaped teeth projecting from the under side, which t into the V-shaped notches in the disk D.

F `is a round or oval-shaped board Aupon which the blocks are placed.

H is a thin band fastened around F to pre ventthe blocks from getting off.

G is a sleeve or thmble screwed to the top of F.

E, F, a-nd G are so constructed as to slip over and turn with ease around the round tenon or journal D2. Vhen the collar is turned in either direction, the V- shaped teeth slip out of the V-shaped notches and fall into the next in position. The hat-blocks are thus held in any horizontal position.

B in Fig. 3 shows the tenon inclined so as to bring the inclined back of tenon B in contact and parallel with the inclined back A2 ot' the Inortise. Tenon B is held in an inclined position by bringing the front part of the V- shaped bottom ot' tenon in contact with the back of the projection C in the bottom of the mortise, thereby holding t-he collar firmly in an inclined position. The inclination can be changed by drawing the tenon Bout of the mortise and turning it halfway round and replacing it again. I

If desired, the collar may be permanently fastened to the hat-block. Y

It will be seen by this arrangement that the block with the hat can be turned or placed in any position desired with ease and expedition.

After thus describing the construction and operation of my machine, what I desire to sccnre byLetters Patent is l. The tapering tenon B and tapering mortise with the projection C, for the purpose set forth.

2. The collar and tenon or `journal D2, in combination with the tapering tenon B and mortise, as above described.

H. A. RO BISON.

Witnesses: G. W. CLARE, P. R. GEAUEL. 

